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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1959
Page
3
A 72 year old Tucson driver Marcus M. Henneberry retired dentist of 102 Chelsea St was killed yesterday afternoon in a two car crash at St Marys Road and the Freeway He died on arrival at St Marys after his car was struck on the driver’s side by another vehicle The Arizona Highway Patrol is investigating the accident.
Catherine Norris 22 and Carmelita Wilson 19 were treated at St. Marys for minor injuries after a two car crash at the St Marys Road and Freeway intersection. Norris drove west on St Marys Road. Berry car traveled south on the Freeway. A young boy witness gave confused statements.
The Arizona sales tax rises 50 percent to 3 cents on the dollar statewide tomorrow, with Tucson adding a city tax of 0.5 percent. Education funding gains are earmarked from added revenue, while counties and cities do not share in the increase. Merchants will use existing receipts and apply the new 50 percent rise when reporting to the State Tax Commission.
Frederick R. Stofft of Tucson is reappointed to the Education Committee of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. The committee analyzes education issues and guides policies to improve business education relations, with Erwin D. Canham announcing the names and Robert A. Finney as chairman. Stofft has long served on the Tucson Chamber’s Education Committee.
CORTEZ Colo A coroner s jury ruled Ophelia B M Barnes 35 of Nogales Ariz died from self administered barbiturate overdose The panel also found negligence by her husband Richard Barnes 32 who remains in county jail He had just received a 39 cent sentence for driving an automobile while intoxicated.
Assistant district attorney George Armstrong said no decision yet on further charges against Barnes. Mrs. Barnes died after being brought to Cortez Hospital by her husband, to whom she had been married only a month. The couple had arrived in Cortez about two weeks before her death.
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